Social Studies

Coaches from around the state are putting together a resource wiki that you are free to join or view! Teachers from all around the state are adding resources, lessons, videos, ideas to this wiki! Check it out, join, add or discuss ideas!!

www.cffsocialstudies.wikispaces.com

If you find a site that will benefit everyone, email it to me and I will add it to the list!

About.com http://geography.about.com/od/findmaps/u/maps.htm#s1 - has lots of maps and blank maps to use!
Primary Source Learning http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/ - "Discover, Learn, and Teach with Digital Historical Documents"
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html - Need I say more?
US Senate http://www.senate.gov/ - Click on the Visitors tab and take a virtual tour
Landmark Supreme Court Cases http://www.landmarkcases.org/ - also has lesson plans
Rome Reborn http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ - interesting project and resources, check out the links under resources
The Library of Congress American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ - how cool! Lots of resources, but you can see the actual documents written by Lincoln, etc!
The History Place http://www.historyplace.com/ - Photos, speeches, vitual tours, movie reviews, lots of great info
Free Current Events Website http://www.izzit.org/events - Everyday they update the current events and give discussion questions you can use in class.
National Geographic http://www.ngsednet.org/ - Great cultural source, current events - just go to the media center for lots of cool stuff!
Gapminder http://gapminder.org/ - Look at charts and maps using data from World Bank, manipulate chart data, look at trends
Postcards from America http://www.postcardsfrom.com/- Interesting site could be used for geography
Postcard cafe http://www.postcardcafe.com/- another postcard site for the US
Open Secrets http://opensecrets.org - "Your guide to the money in US elections" Recommended by Ms. Giles
Fantasy Congress http://www.fantasycongress.com/- similar to fantasy football, students can log on periodically all semester
Politics 1 http://politics1.com- Also recommended by Ms. Giles
EPals http://www.epals.com/ - free site for penpals from other schools, secure
Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ American history, video clips, lessons, text, it even allows you to create a multimedia exhibit you could use in your classroom - Recommended by Mr. Gadsby
HistoryTeacher.net www.historyteacher.net - Network of history teachers have built a site, lessons, powerpoint presentations, videos, etc
WWI - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtrench.htm - Has info and pictures
Gigapan http://www.gigapan.org/ - has panoramic views and map views of places all over the world. You can zoom in and out.
History on the net http://www.historyonthenet.com/ - I can't imagine a history topic that is not covered on this site. Info, pictures, activities.
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/d/ - I was able to find virtual tours and various subjects on this site
Teacher Oz's Kingdom http://www.teacheroz.com/ - Page created by a history teacher, tons of stats, links to other sites, etc!
History Learning Site http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/trench.htm - Has many subjects, it is a British site
Vote Help www.votehelp.org - after you take a quiz, it tells you how the candidates match up with your views